The Palisade Attendance Center hosted the Hitchcock and Hayes Counties Spelling Bee Feb. 16. Wauneta-Palisade students who placed at the event are (left to right) first grader Barrett Frecks, second place; second grader Charlie Knoetzel, first place; fourth grader Matthew Allen, third place; and fifth grader Erika Rahn, first place. Sixth grader Kalli Hoskovec received third place